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1 Dead, 14 Hospitalized From Apparent Drug Overdose

One person is dead and 14 others hospitalized after overdosing in a home in Antioch. Neighbors say they saw people in their late teens, early 20s coming out of the house Saturday morning acting disoriented and wearing little clothing.

(Published Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019)

One man has died and four are in critical condition following apparent drug overdoses at a house in Chico, the Enterprise-Record newspaper reports.

A dozen people were taken out of the house Saturday morning and brought to hospitals, police told the newspaper.

The mass overdose appears to have been largely caused by the dangerous opioid fentanyl, Chico police Chief Mike O'Brien said at a news conference.

"Every indication is that this mass overdose incident was caused from the ingestion of some form of fentanyl in combination with another substance. That is yet to be confirmed, but we do anticipate confirmation in the coming days," O'Brien said.